The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 115
and celerity of the English archers—Charles YII. instituted inFrance the franc archer (Fig. 58), who wore the salade and the jacket orhrigandine, and carried dagger, sword, bow or crossbow, and quiver. Thesearchers were exempt from all taxes, their equipments were not distrainablefor debts, and… … rig- 55-—Plain Armour of the Fifteenth Century, about 1460. (Artillery Museum, Paris.) the top of the head, with a pendent piece of metal of greater or less lengthat the back, which sometimes was made for protecting the neck, and some-times to guard a portion of the shoulders. Towards the end of…
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